Oakhurst vs Regency Downs

Houses cost about the same in both suburbs: the median house price is $880K in Oakhurst and $880K in Regency Downs.

For units, Oakhurst sits at a median of $555K against $605K in Regency Downs, which makes Oakhurst the more affordable unit market and Regency Downs the pricier one.

On cash flow, Regency Downs leads: houses there return a gross rental yield of 4.02%, compared with 3.23% in Oakhurst, a gap of 0.79 percentage points.

Over the past year house prices moved +13.4% in Oakhurst and +15.4% in Regency Downs, so recent momentum favours Regency Downs, although both suburbs recorded growth.

Looking back three years, Oakhurst houses are +34.6% and Regency Downs houses +51.7%, so Regency Downs has compounded faster than Oakhurst over the longer window.

Rental vacancy is 1.5% in Regency Downs and 3.5% in Oakhurst, so landlords in Regency Downs face less competition for tenants. Anything under 2% is generally read as a tight market where tenants compete for homes.

Regency Downs is the bigger suburb, with a population of 2,623 against 1,717, larger than Oakhurst; a larger suburb usually means a deeper pool of buyers and tenants.

In short: Regency Downs for rental income, Regency Downs for recent price momentum, Regency Downs for the tighter rental market. Which matters more depends on whether the investor is buying for cash flow, capital growth or affordability.